<OT> New Posting: ROA-708

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ROA 708-0105

Depalatalization in Spanish revised

Maria-Rosa Lloret <mrosa.lloret at ub.edu>
Joan Mascaro <joan.mascaro at uab.es>

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Abstract:
A well-known fact of the phonology of Spanish is the non-occurren
ce of palatal nasals and laterals in syllable-final position.
The scarcity of examples with an alveolar-palatal alternation
(e.g., desd�n-desde�ar, clavel-clavellina) have led scholars
to discuss whether they are instances of synchronic depalatalizat
ion (cf. Harris 1993) or they are lexical remnants that
should be treated in terms of allomorphy (cf. Harris 1999).
In this paper we provide evidence for maintaining depalatalizatio
n as an actual phenomenon by appealing to the phonology
of borrowings and to other cases of place centralization,
and we provide a parallel OT account of these facts. Overapplicat
ion of depalatalization in onset position in certain plural
and diminutive forms (e.g., desdenes, claveles, clavelito)
is analyzed as an output-output (OO) effect, as suggested
by Kikuchi (1999) and Bakovic (2001) with respect to the
plural cases. In our view, however, this OO effect extends
to diminutives because it is restricted by the strongest
version of 'base' proposed in Kager (1999).

Comments: Comments are wellcome!
Keywords: output-output, base-identity, depalatalization, Spanish, centralization, plural, diminutive
Areas: Phonology,Morphology
Type: Manuscript

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